This annual edition of Labour Force Statistics provides detailed statistics on population, labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, as well as unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector of activity and part-time employment. It also contains participation and unemployment rates by gender and detailed age groups as well as comparative tables for the main components of the labour force. Data are available for each OECD Member country and for OECD-Total, Euro area and European Union. The time series presented in the publication cover 20 years for most countries. It also provides information on the sources and definitions used by Member countries in the compilation of those statistics.

The International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities (ISIC) adopted in 1968 by the United Nations (Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 4, Rev. 2) is used for the breakdown of civilian employment in the Country Table IV. Civilian employment and employee data broken down by ISIC Rev 3 are available and published in Table V for all OECD Member countries except United States...